The Holy Crap I am Engaged and Need to Stick to a Budget Moment

Getting engaged is very exciting but the moment you realize you have to pull together the event of your dreams on a budget is very scary. You want it to be perfect since you are only planning on getting married once (I hope) but you don't have a clue where to start.  There are lots of books, web sites, and amazing blogs (wink wink) but if you want a great budget calculator that will help you see the whole picture check out

http://weddings.weddingchannel.com/wedding-planning-tools.aspx

I found this budget calculator to be the most realistic. It helped me know what I could spend on save the dates cards or my wedding dress months before my big day without going broke before paying the caterer the day of my wedding. Your engagement is a long marathon and you don't want to get in trouble by sprinting in the beginning of the race because you got caught up in all the hype.

Sticking to your budget will help keep stress down (don't worry you will have plenty other reasons to stress). There is no reason to start off your marriage in debt.